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J. OURRIN.

NOSE GUARD EOE EYEGLASSES.

No. 324,540. Patented Aug. 18,-'1B85.

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NITED STATES A PATENT JOHN OURRIN, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS,'ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

NOSE-GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,540, dated August18, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CURRIN, of Southbridge, in the county ofWVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Guards for Eyeglass- Frames, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to noseguards for eyeglassframes which have a looseconnection at their upper ends with the studs which project from theeye-wires, and are thereby enabled to readily adjust themselves towardand from the eye-wires in order to accommodate themselves to the nose ofthe wearer. To make one form of connection heretofore used, the guardhas been bent backward and nearly at right angles to its main portion,and has in the bent portion a slot which receives a tongue, which isformed upon a lug or piece projecting from the stud, the slotted guardbeing free to slide upon. the tongue to secure its free adjustment.

An important object of the invention is to provide a loose connectionfor the upper end of the guard which will adjust itself freely andwithout any grating sound, such as is liable to occur when the slottedguard above described slides upon the tongue on which it is guided, andalso to enable the guard to be made of less width than is advisable whenit has to be formed with a long slot. Guards have also been made in theform of a loop or compound guard, the metal strip which forms the guardbeing bent backward and upward at the lower end of the guard proper, andthence carried upward and attached to the eye-wire stud. The guards ofthis class heretofore made have frequently been slotted at the lowerend, so as to receive a tongue projecting from the eye-wire, therebysustaining the lower end of the guard in such manner that it may adjustitself to the nose of the wearer. The guard has to be of considerablewidth because of its slots. Andafurther obj ect of myinvention is toprovide means of sustaining and steadying the lower end of the guard,which render unnecessary any slotting of the guard, and will shield andprotect its lower end and prevent its catching in the clothing.

My invention consists in novel means of combining and connecting theguards with the other parts of the frame, as fully hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an eyeglass frameembodying my invention. Fig. 2 representsaframe of slightlymodifiedconstruction, also embodying a part of my invention; and Figs. 3 and 4.are sectional views, on a larger scale, illustrating more clearly theconnection between the upper end of the guard and the stud of theeyewire.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A A designate the usual eye-wires, which are connected by a bowspring,B, the ends of which are secured in the usual way to studs a, projectingfrom the eyewires.

G designates the nose guards, which, as shown in Fig. 1, are bent upwardand backward at their lower ends, 0, and thence eX- tended upwardadjacent to the eye-wires to the studs a, where the upwardly-extendingportionsOaresecured. Thisgiveseach guard a U-shaped or compound forn.

Attached to each eye-wire, as shownin Fig. l, is a hook, I), whichextends outward and thence upward, and which receives within it the bentlower end, 0, of the guard O. This hook b sustains the lower end of theguard and confines it sufficiently without preventing its suflioientlyfree self-adjustment, and it shields and protects the lower end of theguard, so as to prevent its catching in clothing and being bent orbroken.

The guards O 0 may be formed by prolongations of the bow'spring B; orthey may consist of separate pieces, the upper ends of the port-ions 0being secured to the studs ac.

At their upper ends the guards O are turnedoutward and are pivotallyconnected by links (2 with lugs or cars a, which project from the studsa. Through these lugs or. cars a the links d are connected with thestuds a. The lugs or cars a may consist of prolongations of thebowspring B, as shown in Fig. 31; or they may consist of separate piecesattached to the studs a, as shown in Fig. 4.

In the example of my invention shown in Fig. 2 the guards G areconnected at their upper ends bylinksd with lugs or ears and studs a a,as described with reference to Fig. 1; but the guards are fixed at theirlower ends, 6, to the eye-wires A.

The link-connection at the upper end of the guard is very desirable, asit affords ample freedom of movement for the guard and avoids theslotting of the guard and any grating noise or sensation which isdisagreeable to nervous persons.

I am aware that it is not new to connect the upper end of the noseguardto the eye-wire stud by means of a link, which is pivoted to swing in aplane transverse to the plane of the eye-wire, in order that thenose-piece may be adjusted to a position out of the.p1ane. of theglasses. This pivotal link-connection does not provide for the freemovement of the noseguard toward and from the eye-wire in the same planetherewith, and it is this latter adjustment or movement of thenose-guard which I obtain by the link-connection d.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

' in described.

1. The combination,with the eye-wire, bowspring, and .a stud attachingsaid spring to the eye-wire, of a guard connected at its lower end withthe eye-wire, and a link connecting the upper end of the guard with thestud ,and providing for the free movement of the guard toward and fromthe eye-wire in the same plane therewith, substantially as hereindescribed.

2; The combination, with the eye-wire and compound or looped guard, ofthe hook I), attached to the eye-wire to receive within it the lowerpart of the guard, substantially as here- 3. The combination,witl1 theeye-wire, bowspring, and a stud connecting the spring with the eye-wire,of the looped guard O 0, having at its upper end a link-connection withthe stud, and a hook, I), attached to the eye-wire for receiving thebent lower portion of the guard, substantially as herein described.

JOHN CURRIN.

Witnesses:

E. E. SABIN, GEO. W. WELLs.

